LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Marines
with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward),
fires the main cannon of an M1A1 Abrams tank during a range at Camp
Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines are the first tank unit to
deploy to Afghanistan.(Official US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ned
Johnson)
LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Marines
with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward),
fires the main cannon of an M1A1 Abrams tank during a range at Camp
Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines fired multiple rounds to align
their sights and prepare their tanks for upcoming missions. (Official US
Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel Blatter)
LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Marines
with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion 1st Marine Division (Forward),
work with a bore laser to find the center of the M1A1 Abrams tank gun’s
barrel during a battlefield zero range at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13,
2011. The Marines aligned their sights and fired the main gun during a
range to prepare the tanks for upcoming missions. (Official US Marine
Corps photo by Cpl. Ned Johnson)
LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Marines
with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward),
attach a .50 caliber machine gun to the top of an M1A1 Abrams tank
before a range at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines performed
their pre-combat inspections before firing the weapons to prepare for
upcoming missions.(Official US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ned Johnson)
